Illinois Questions and Answers

Employer deducted
Currently, I am a salaried commercial real estate broker who signed a contract that stated I am due a "salary" that includes a bonus if earned. Recently, all the "salaried" employees in the office not...
2 answers  |  asked Jan 15, 2007 10:01 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Follow up visits covered under FMLA ?
In August I had surgery and was off work for 4 weeks to have a hernia repaired and two benign growths removed from my abdomen. I developed infection at one of the sites, which required several follow ...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 3, 2006 10:30 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Sex. Hrsmnt, asslt/bttry, dscrmntn, emtnl dstrss
What is a Settlement Hearing in Federal Court? And will I be asked questions? (I am the plaintiff with a case against the owner of the company for Sexual Harassment, assault and battery, malpractice a...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 2, 2006 2:18 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

If I signed a Non-compete agreement in 1987, and now they want me to sign a revised Non-compete in 2
Is the first non-compete agreement still valid.
1 answer  |  asked Oct 29, 2006 8:15 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Must employer give patent bonuses to laid-off employee?
My employer will be laying off quite a few employees this spring. At our place of employment, any patents we author belong to the company, but we do get a bonus for each one that becomes viable ($1,00...
1 answer  |  asked Sep 22, 2006 07:32 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Fired while on vacation because someone wouldn't come in?
I am a computer programmer with a smallish company and have repeatedly had an issue that until now I have ignored other than to voice my concern to the owner who doesn't see a problem. I have been wit...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 15, 2006 5:32 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Separation Agreement
I have recently been terminated from my employer and have been asked to sign a Separation Agreement in order to obtain a severance package. I have a question about a clause in the agreement called a n...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 8, 2006 10:08 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Treated Unfairly.
I worked for a large oil company in Des Moines, IA was moved to Aurora IL. During this time when some trainees came to Des Moines they said the ammount they were making. They were offered more than mo...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 8, 2006 01:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

IL non-compete legality
We have recieved a new non-compete that we are required to sign by the end of the day. They included a specific list of companies that would prohibit us working for these companies for a period of 12 ...
2 answers  |  asked Aug 7, 2006 11:34 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

Harassment or not?
I am male and one of my immediate supervisors is female. This female supervisor has made statements to other employees about how she admires some of my physical characteristics and has been seen by ot...
1 answer  |  asked Aug 6, 2006 10:47 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois